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New Idaho State University exhibit highlights the significance of Southeast Idaho railroads

August 16, 2019

POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s Eli M. Oboler Library will host the opening and reception of the exhibition “Exploring an Industrial State: Southeast Idaho Railroads, 1879-1963,” on Tuesday, Aug. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Special Collections and Archives department located on the lower level of the library.

Newly hatched swan cygnets on the nest.

ISU researchers study Trumpeter Swans on SE Idaho wildlife refuges

August 15, 2019

POCATELLO – Idaho State University biological sciences master’s student Paige Miller has continued ISU research of Southeast Idaho Trumpeter Swans this summer by using remote cameras and placing tiny thermometers inside of empty egg shells.

An ISU undergraduate researcher in a lab.

ISU has record student representation at Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research

August 15, 2019

POCATELLO – This summer, a record 66 Idaho State University undergraduate students delivered posters and another 23 non-student ISU personnel registered and attended the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research.

Mali researchers and guards posing in front of vehicles during 2003 trip.

Saharan paleontology study reveals extremes of science research for ISU’s Leif Tapanila

August 14, 2019

POCATELLO – Leif Tapanila, Idaho State University geosciences professor and director of the Idaho Museum of Natural History, is a co-author on a scientific paper published this summer in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History that describes the Trans-Saharan Seaway in Mali, Africa, and the strange creatures that existed there 50 to 100 million years ago.

Owyhee Mountains painting by Aman.

Artist reception with Linda Aman in the Oboler Library set Aug. 2

August 14, 2019

POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Oboler Library will host a reception with artist Linda Aman on Tuesday, Aug. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Phrozen physics demo, liquid nitrogen ice cream at Pine Ridge Mall Aug. 17

August 14, 2019

POCATELLO – The Idaho State University physics program and the Pine Ridge Mall invite the public to join them at the mall’s food court on Saturday, Aug. 17, for liquid nitrogen ice cream and “phrozen physics” demonstrations from 11 a.m. to noon.

Students getting T-shirts at 2018 Welcome Back Orange and Black

ISU Communiversity’s 10th annual “Welcome Back Orange and Black” set 4-7 p.m. Aug. 19

August 13, 2019

POCATELLO – Idaho State University students will again have a chance to win great prizes and enjoy free food, music and a variety of booths and entertainment during the 10th annual Welcome Back Orange and Black from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Old Town Pocatello Pavilion.

Students marching through Swanson Arch

ISU new students March through the Arch Aug. 18

August 13, 2019

POCATELLO – The Idaho State University New Student March through the Arch will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at Cadet Field.

New Policy Procedures Coming

August 12, 2019

New Exhibit at Oboler Library highlights significance of Railroads in Southeast Idaho

August 12, 2019